Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
Udjat the BitMeister... writes: On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, butch wrote: try cfdisk, I believe its also available on the debian disks. There appears to be a problem with cfdisk... when it writes the partition information, it isn't 'sufficiently' done. Like, if I set a partition information with cfdisk to be a DOS partition, when it was previously set to a different type. I need to use fdisk to delete the partition and reinstall it. The information written by cfdisk is unusable by DOS. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote: Udjat the BitMeister... writes: On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, butch wrote: try cfdisk, I believe its also available on the debian disks. There appears to be a problem with cfdisk... when it writes the partition information, it isn't 'sufficiently' done. I thought the problem was with DOS and was documented in man cfdisk where it tells you (with warnings) to zero out the first 512 bytes of the partition after making any change to it. Like, if I set a partition information with cfdisk to be a DOS partition, when it was previously set to a different type. I need to use fdisk to delete the partition and reinstall it. The information written by cfdisk is unusable by DOS. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
fdisk is it available anywhere else?
Hi, I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. thanks, allan bart -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. HI. I can't imagine that fdsik is not friendly :( Are you talking about plain fdisk or cfdisk - full screen utility? Do you want to partition new disk, erasing everything on it or split existiing partition retaining all the files on it? If latter you are probably talking about fips, not fdisk. In this case you might want to searh for druid utility used by Redhat in his upcoming release. If not, Debian ftp site used to have a file called README.cfdisk with explainations on how to use it. If you want, just let me know and I'll email you fdsik and cfdisk documentation. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 07:44:02AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. HI. I can't imagine that fdsik is not friendly :( fdisk is not, but cfdisk is! I'm sure he didn't notice cfdisk, that is very similar to but more powerful than fdisk under dos. Thank you, Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god. Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
What tool that debian uses do you mean? The install package uses cfdisk, which some people prefer to fdisk. Personally, I prefer fdisk, but it is a matter of personal choice. If it is cfdisk that does not look as friendly, perhaps you should try fdisk. Both are in the util-linux package, which is in the base section, so you should have both on your system. The fdisk in debian appears identical to the one I used to use in Slackware. Both programs appear to be linux programs, not debian, so they should be the same, except perhaps for version numbers, as those found on other distributions. For hints, look at man fdisk. If you have specific problems, post them to this list. Bob On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 06:16:28 -0500 butch [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 07:44:02AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. HI. I can't imagine that fdsik is not friendly :( fdisk is not, but cfdisk is! I'm sure he didn't notice cfdisk, that is very similar to but more powerful than fdisk under dos. Last time I have problem to create a partition 2GB using cfdisk and I have to low level format my SCSI HD. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
Hi Butch, The installation disk uses cfdisk. You are free to use the alt-f2 combo to start a shell and use fdisk instead. I have to agree with you in prefering fdisk, but that's just because that's what I'm used to. HTH, Brandon - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Trovalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fdisk is it available anywhere else?
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, butch wrote: try cfdisk, I believe its also available on the debian disks. Hi, I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or should you have any hints for using the debian tools. thanks, allan bart -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
